Above and @ Threshold Profiles – “It should feel like you’re taking a bath in a tube full of lactate”

by Dennis Mellon | Mar 2, 2015 | Audio PROfiles, Big Box Instructor, Dennis Mellon, Instructor Training, Music, Training With Power

  We've all heard the causality dilemma, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?".   Ancient philosophers have been debating this question since the beginning of recorded history.  Indoor cycling instructors have been asking themselves a similar question,"What...

Free Music Friday – More Rhythmic Confusion

by John | Feb 27, 2015 | Big Box Instructor, Engage Your Students, Instructor Tips and Tricks, Music

I've been getting much of musical inspiration from Movie soundtracks as of late. I'm still digging Zack Hemsey — Vengeance that I first heard used in the movie The Equalizer. The beauty of the Internet (at leased for now) is how easy it is to find best soundtracks,...

Free Music Friday 2/20

by Amy Macgowan | Feb 20, 2015 | Big Box Instructor, Instructor Training, Music

Continuing to use music out of my comfort zone, I bring you this week's Free Music Friday. A 62 rpm climb to encourage your class to truly feel what's going on with their bodies. I coach them to be okay with, and embrace, however the intense work is feeling- good or...

Performance IQ or Spivi PTP Test Quick Profile

by John | Feb 17, 2015 | Big Box Instructor, Class Work-Sets, Display Training, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Master Instructor Blog, Presentation Skills

We had some excellent questions from Studio Owners this past weekend during our Full Psycle/PRO PIQ workshop. Paul Harmeling addressed these two related questions during the Q&A - I wanted to offer my thoughts on it here: When, or how often, should we be using using...

Free Music Friday the 13th!

by Amy Macgowan | Feb 13, 2015 | Big Box Instructor, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Music, Spotify

Do you find yourself using the same kind/ genre of music for specific work? For example, does most of  your 'climb' music sound much the same, and your 'flat road' music has a tell tale sound as well? Mine does! When my daughters hear my playlist they'll say, "Oh,...

The Power of 3 – Three Song Harmonically Mixed Indoor Cycling Set – “More Rest = More Work”

by Dennis Mellon | Feb 11, 2015 | Audio PROfiles, Big Box Instructor, Dennis Mellon, Harmonic Mixing, Instructor Training, Music, Video, Video PROfiles

  In many of my "The Power of 3" posts I have written about the importance of "anchoring" time and effort.   In it's most basic terms this means that the shorter the interval the higher the effort.  If you instruct on bikes with power, then a higher effort should...